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If you don’t want to wait I recommend GL.iNet Flint 2 - based on newer Filogic 830 - works great - supported by openwrt

HumblyTossed 3y ago
Was looking at this recently, but couldn't find any sort of range information. I have the Beryl (wifi 5 version) and it's good for a hotel sweet and that's about it. I would hope the Flint 2 would be better, but I can't find anything.
- rkwasny 3y ago
  Typical range for a flagship single-access point solution I would say, previously I had portalwifi (from kickstarter) and flint 2 has better range If you have 2+ story house you need a mesh.
LeifCarrotson 3y ago
I have had good results with the GL.iNet routers too, but the "supported by openwrt" just means that GL.iNet pulled an old version of OpenWRT and hacked it up until it worked on their board instead of making their own OEM firmware. They're not upstreaming their patches or collaborating with OpenWRT, just kind of leeching off them. I'm not even sure you can install vanilla OpenWRT on the Flint 2 yet. In contrast, this is made by and with the OpenWRT dev team!
- rkwasny 3y ago
  I think it is officially supported, but honestly I use firmware from GL.Inet web interface is great
  - andreasha 3y ago
    Afaik it hasn’t reached OpenWrt stable yet
    - ahepp 3y ago
      It looks like the patch was committed in late September [0] and the press release for the device is dated mid November [1]. So unless I'm reading things wrong they added support upstream before they released the product? 0: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe10f9743935d6986e80e7cb082469e6bc5a03f0 https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe... 1: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kn38opoklmwx22am6b1fm/h/Press%20Release?dl=0&preview=Flint+2+(GL-MT6000)+Press+Release.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kn38opoklmwx22am6b1fm/h/Press...
- elitepleb 3y ago
  using Qualcomm for wifi6 is mainly the reason why, their SDK is very picky, and kept out of tree on purpose
- ahepp 3y ago
  Is [0] not a patch adding support to OpenWRT? It looks like the developer has committed previously to the Linux kernel as well, so they seem to be upstreaming at least some of their patches? [0] https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe10f9743935d6986e80e7cb082469e6bc5a03f0 https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe...

Was looking at this recently, but couldn't find any sort of range information. I have the Beryl (wifi 5 version) and it's good for a hotel sweet and that's about it. I would hope the Flint 2 would be better, but I can't find anything.

rkwasny 3y ago
Typical range for a flagship single-access point solution I would say, previously I had portalwifi (from kickstarter) and flint 2 has better range If you have 2+ story house you need a mesh.

LeifCarrotson 3y ago

I have had good results with the GL.iNet routers too, but the "supported by openwrt" just means that GL.iNet pulled an old version of OpenWRT and hacked it up until it worked on their board instead of making their own OEM firmware. They're not upstreaming their patches or collaborating with OpenWRT, just kind of leeching off them. I'm not even sure you can install vanilla OpenWRT on the Flint 2 yet. In contrast, this is made by and with the OpenWRT dev team!

rkwasny 3y ago
I think it is officially supported, but honestly I use firmware from GL.Inet web interface is great
- andreasha 3y ago
  Afaik it hasn’t reached OpenWrt stable yet
  - ahepp 3y ago
    It looks like the patch was committed in late September [0] and the press release for the device is dated mid November [1]. So unless I'm reading things wrong they added support upstream before they released the product? 0: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe10f9743935d6986e80e7cb082469e6bc5a03f0 https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe... 1: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kn38opoklmwx22am6b1fm/h/Press%20Release?dl=0&preview=Flint+2+(GL-MT6000)+Press+Release.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kn38opoklmwx22am6b1fm/h/Press...
elitepleb 3y ago
using Qualcomm for wifi6 is mainly the reason why, their SDK is very picky, and kept out of tree on purpose
ahepp 3y ago
Is [0] not a patch adding support to OpenWRT? It looks like the developer has committed previously to the Linux kernel as well, so they seem to be upstreaming at least some of their patches? [0] https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe10f9743935d6986e80e7cb082469e6bc5a03f0 https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=fe...